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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$36,500 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,171 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general visual and performing arts was ranked #119 in the country. In fact 6,355 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for visual arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for visual arts majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis the best value school in the Great Lakes Region for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at IUPUI are $26,529 a year.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis Report

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbus College of Art and Design landed the # 2 spot on the list. CCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Columbus.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CCAD are $37,370 a year.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Columbus College of Art and Design

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, School of the Art Institute of Chicago landed the # 3 spot on the list. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduate students pay an average of $45,601 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 10
Ohio 67
Illinois 62
Indiana 26
Wisconsin 78

One of 10 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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